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Monday, June 02, 2014

Hi! I'm working on making a new website that will look prettier and make it easier for you to read about all my projects. Blogger doesn't allow for much personalization. And the free Wordpress page has limitations too. So I'm building a self-hosted page at www.joshrachlis.ca. Please keep up with me there!

Saturday, June 08, 2013

When I was dressed as Enviroman at the Monsanto protest recently, I bumped into my friend Judith Klassen dressed as her alterego, flaky reporter Tasha James. Judith interviewed me as part of her funny protest interviews. And then she asked if I would come out to be in her next Rob Ford video. I said yes. The result is the latest in a series of music videos that she has made about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. She describes it as "a docu-drama-musical based on a Globe and Mail piece about the Ford family." It answers the question: What was the Ford family doing in the 1980's? It also answers the question: Why was Josh Rachlis wearing a blonde mullet wig on Sunday? Judith has been effusive with her praise of my performance, tweeting about how I was making her laugh during editing, describing me as the "amazing Josh" in her Facebook post, commenting "Fork dance!" on my Facebook page, and, as you'll see, giving me special billing in the credits. The video has been getting lots of press. And Jude has already asked if I would reprise my role in a future Ford film. So... Stay tuned!

My friend Keely invited me out to the March Against Monsanto, and said I should dress as Enviroman, my eco-superhero character. I was reluctant and nervous, which for me is a sign that I should do something, because we only learn and grow by doing things that scare us. At least, that's what I tell myself, to force myself to leave my apartment. So, I took the streetcar to the park, and, after prompting by Keely and her friends, I took the costume out of my backpack and put it on in the middle of the crowd. And here's what I looked like:

A lot of cute girls wanted their photos taken with me. Which I liked. Though, strangely, none of them asked for my number. But anyway, I spotted my friend Judith Klassen, dressed as her alter-ego, flaky reporter Tasha James. She was doing comedic interviews with people and she wanted to interview me too. So she did. And then I helped her interview other people. This is what we looked like:

There was lots of fun footage. But since this whole thing was about the protesters, only a tiny bit made of me made into the final edit. But hey, even a little Enviroman is better than none. Just like with recycling and eco stuff like that. The vid is below. You'll see me at 1:07 and 2:28.

Monday, June 03, 2013

Last night I was the sole guest on a brand-new Internet radio show called SUNDAY NIGHT CONFESSIONS WITH TEREASA VENOM. Tereasa is the dominatrix who spanked me on air on Humble & Fred Radio. Apparently she liked my yelps of pain so much that she wanted to talk to me for the entire length of her very first show. I talked about the threesome that Humble And Fred Radio sent me to have last week, and I even helped give advice to a caller who wanted to know how to make her boyfriend interested in sex again. Whether my advice was good or not, I leave that to you. To listen to my approximately 45-minute appearance, click here.
And to jog your memory, here's the spanking that took place on the radio:

Friday, May 31, 2013

Got this beautiful email this morning from an eco-crusader down in Australia:Hey Josh,I have a green message website - converseconserve.com, and think your Enviroman identity and videos are fantastic. We had a Get Eco Creative exhibition earlier this year as part of the Sustainable Living Festival Melbourne, Australia. I was just wondering if you are happy for me to add one of your videos in my website? I already posted a link to one of them on my converseconserve blog.I hope to hear back and all the best with your continuing and highly important role as enviroman.Keep up the jolly good green work,Cheers -- Nicolle KunaAuthorwww.converseconserve.com

I checked out her blog and found the post that you can see by clicking here or in the attached screen grab. Nice to know Enviroman is making a difference globally. Take that, Superman. ;)

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Here's me as the husband who forgot his wife's anniversary once, in a radio ad for the Mitsubishi 10th Anniversary Sale, recorded March 20, 2013 at Tattoo Music & Sound in Toronto. It's a bit unrealistic because I'll probably never be married. But it's very realistic in that if I do get married, I will for sure forget my anniversary. And I'll be scared of my wife.

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Osum is an energy company in
Alberta. The Cold Lake Ice
are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Cold Lake, Alberta. Trigger Communications
is an ad agency in Calgary. Put them all together, and you have these two radio
ads I acted in on March 21. I was in a studio in Toronto. Trigger was in a
studio in Calgary. And a couple of the other actors were in a studio in New York
City. Thanks to modern technology, distance is no obstacle to comedy gold.

Client: Osum

Title: "I don't
like ice"
Here's me as the innocent guy in a restaurant saying he doesn't like ice in his
drinks. A nearby hockey fan thinks I'm saying I don't like the Cold Lake Ice
hockey team.

Client: Osum
Title: "The ice sucks"
Here's me as a passionate hockey fan who's a friend of an innocent guy saying
the ice on the lake sucks for ice fishing. Me and another friend think he's
saying he doesn't like the Cold Lake Ice hockey team, who are in the Alberta
provincial finals. I'm the one who says, "We still going ice fishing
today?... Sorry, what?... Uh, yah. Nypower, Cunnigham, Bourget... Top 3 point
scorers in the playoffs. I don't see any suck in that lineup." (I
improvised the line "I don't see any suck in that lineup.")